{"id":67304,"date":"2021-05-30T12:50:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T16:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=67304"},"modified":"2021-05-30T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T16:50:25","slug":"oh-really-were-supposed-to-believe-that-dhs-is-taking-a-very-close-look-at-vaxports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=67304","title":{"rendered":"Oh, really, we’re supposed to believe that DHS is ‘taking a very close look’ at VAXports?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

DHS Secretary Admits: \u201cWe\u2019re Taking a Very Close Look\u201d at Vaccine Passports<\/h1>\n

by James Murphy
\nNew American<\/p>\n

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admitted on Friday that the federal government is \u201ctaking a very close look\u201d at the idea of creating federal\u00a0vaccine passports<\/a>\u00a0for international travel. Mayorkas, who also oversees the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), made the admission on ABC\u2019s\u00a0Good Morning America<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The admission seems to contradict earlier statements from the White House that the federal government was not looking at creating vaccine passports for American citizens.<\/p>\n

In April, Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that the White House was not considering vaccine passports.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government is not now, nor will we be supporting a system that requires Americans to carry a credential,\u201d Psaki said. \u201cThere will be no federal vaccination database and no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential.\u201d<\/p>\n

Psaki\u00a0repeated<\/a>\u00a0the supposed White House stance against vaccine passports as recently as May 21.<\/p>\n

So, is Alejandro\u2019s admission that DHS and TSA are indeed looking at vaccine passports for Americans an about-face on the subject, or is it just the Biden administration speaking out of both sides of its mouth?<\/p>\n

Good Morning America<\/em>\u2019s Michael Strahan\u00a0asked<\/a>\u00a0Mayorkas if vaccine passports would be required to travel either \u201cinto or out of\u201d the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re taking a very close look at that,\u201d Mayorkas answered.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of our principles that has guided us throughout this pandemic is the value of diversity, equity and inclusion and making sure that any passport we provide for vaccinations is accessible to all and no one is disenfranchised,\u201d Mayorkas said.<\/p>\n

A DHS spokesperson attempted to clarify Alejandro\u2019s remarks to\u00a0Fox News<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019ve always said we\u2019re looking at how we can ensure Americans traveling abroad have a quick and easy way to enter other countries. That\u2019s what the Secretary was referring to; ensuring that all U.S. travelers will be able to easily meet any anticipated foreign country entry requirements. There will be no federal vaccinations database and no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Thus far, 15 states have either banned vaccine passports or have signaled that they won\u2019t be using them. New York and Hawaii, on the other hand, have embraced the concept and have already rolled out their versions of vaccine passports.<\/p>\n

Several countries, including Israel, Japan, Denmark, Estonia, Thailand, and the European Union are already using a vaccine passport system. And at a recent meeting of the globalist G7 bloc of nations, those nations involved discussed a collaborative effort to come up with a system that all member nations could recognize.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe G7 partners agreed that there needs to be some consistency and some collaboration among the countries, so that we can have some kind of system that would be recognizable, no matter where a person was traveling,\u201d said Canadian Health Minister Patty Hajdu.<\/p>\n

Countries can already require vaccinations for Yellow Fever and Malaria for foreigners to enter. Why would the COVID-19 virus require a special passport? Perhaps it\u2019s because creating a special COVID-19 \u201cpassport\u201d would create a de-facto database of COVID-19 vaccine recipients for the federal government to use \u2014 at least for citizens who wish to travel internationally. A database that could be expanded quickly should states such as New York and Hawaii decide that they, too, would need proof of vaccination to permit entry.<\/p>\n

The Biden administration is clearly playing both sides of the fence on the issue of vaccine passports. On one hand, they\u2019re saying they will not create a federal database or require anyone to get a vaccine credential. On the other hand, they are admittedly taking a \u201cvery close look\u201d on doing just that.<\/p>\n

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